Penny Dreadfuls, 1867 · page 29 of 300
Roving Jack, The Pirate Hunter — page 29: what you’re looking at
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# What This Page Shows This page presents running prose fiction from a penny dreadful serial titled *Roving Jack, the Pirate Hunter*. The text describes an action sequence in which Jack and a companion are pursued by pirates up a cliff after Jack strikes down an antagonist named Quashie with a pistol butt. The passage features gunfire, dialogue from German-accented villains offering a reward for the boys' capture, and mounting dramatic tension as the protagonists attempt to escape. A reference note indicates an illustration titled "Tom King Stabs the Executioner" appears elsewhere (No. 7). The bottom advertises another serialized story, *The Boy Soldier*.
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—_———$— st ROVING JACK, THE PIRATE HUNTER. The horse reared, plunged, and fell on his side, The negro had shot him through the heart, The cart toppled over, and the boys and their prisoner were tumbled out. Luckily, however, they were rolled in a heap upon the soft sand, “Ah! yah! yo ’top now!” roared Quashie, run- ning up with an immense sabre flashing in his hands, ‘Me cotch ye, ha! Me kill yo to deff ye dam young rascal !” With a savage yell he flew upon Jack, who had risen to his knees, Our hero felled him by a terrific blow with the pistol butt, — ro eae rocks, Hal!”’ shouted Jack, 0. 6, “T have IT AT ONCE. Sey / a) We Oe / ee tat A el (Fr yAlieisicctsa . : KAY, TOM KING STABS THE EXECUTIONER, - See No. 7. still the loaded pistol. Run! run! I'll keep the villains at bay |” Away ran his brave young comrade. Jack followed. . Soon they were scrambling up the side of the cliff. Bang! bang ! rattled pistols and carbines, and the bullets whizzed by the boys’ heads, . Upwards and upwards, from crag to crag, they desperately struggled. ‘“T vill give von hunders pounds to ze man as vill cotch zat yong tief |” ¢‘ Roving shack!’ cried Wolfgang. zey vill eshcape !” Three or four of the pirates immediately com- “’ Donner ! Do you take in the “ BOY SOLDIER; or, GARIB LDI’s YOUNG Sea ONGS ‘Gai ‘OB, £, iy. m3 re=-printing. tary lee ey cm 8 SES pg a A\